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Course description

"Literary Classics: Texts and Traditions" will introduce you to the critical frameworks, essential terms, and research skills that are key both to the practice of literary studies and to any detailed and persuasive interrogation of the written word. Students will study canonical texts from the late sixteenth century to the twentieth century to gain a foundational understanding of literary history and theory, and the characteristics of three major genres: drama, poetry, and prose fiction. The course allows students to examine the ways in which specific cultural contexts inform the development of new genres and new ways of interpreting literary and theatrical works. Students who complete this course successfully will gain a strong sense of literary history and genre; develop a solid methodological introduction for further literary studies; and be able to analyse overarching narratives about the role of the author, the function of creative writing, race, gender, and individuality.

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